Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture
Minister GH Mir today started a novel health insurance scheme
for the female sericulture workers of the state today.
The insurance scheme devised by the sericulture
department in collaboration with ICICI Lombard comprises a
minimum premium of Rs 56 on the part of the sericulture worker
and Rs 650 as the share of the state government.
In the first phase, 1000 female sericulturists would be
covered and the facility would cover the sericulture worker
and three dependents of her family.
As per the scheme, the covered worker would be provided
medical cover to the tune of Rs 15,000 per year including
medicines and hospital expenses.
Mir said that women have played an important role in
shaping nations and societies and asked them to take
sericulture to its age old glory by involving their families
in the part time job of rearing cocoons.
He said that though it was heartening to know that the
cocoon crop this year got good market value but the production
quantity still needs to be scaled up.
Bureau Report
